by Robin on April 15, 2010
I stood on this very short stone wall to take this photo and got so dizzy I started to hyperventilate. Just a little. It wasn’t that the wall was so high. Really, if I’d just let go and jumped into the carpet of clover below, it would have been a thrill! But when I put [...]
by Robin on April 14, 2010
“…the mausoleum of all hope and desire…” William Faulkner We went to Atlanta’s historic Westview Cemetery last weekend. My Dad-in-Law is buried there. On the way out, The Husband parked and let me wander around the endless marble hallways of the mausoleum. So many lives honored here… As I looked at name after name after [...]
by Robin on April 13, 2010
Hobby Lobby has the cutest cut out letters! (And this week they’re on sale!) You could paint them but I wanted to use my favorite thing in all the world…Mod Podge! Trace and cut out the letters on some pretty paper…the card-stock doesn’t work as well as the thinner papers. I painted the sides and [...]
by Robin on April 11, 2010
I love my new toy for DIY projects.. I first wrote about Behr Paint with Primer HERE. Last week I tackled a few other projects… Here’s the Sofa Table which is actually an old Buffet table …BEFORE…holy canoli…yuk. Here’s the other table I painted…it was red for years, which I liked but I’m ready for [...]
by Robin on April 9, 2010
It’s Friday! I spent hours on end yesterday with the remainder of my Behr Paint and Primer. I was in a freenzy Peeps…I painted 2 end tables, 1 sofa table, 2 wooden candlesticks, and a big serving tray! I can’t wait to show you! Whew. I love that paint. Love it I tell ya. Last [...]
by Robin on April 8, 2010
I’m planting flowers this week. I’ve had to uproot my (very few) pansies that just recently came back from the dead after our harsh winter. I must have planted 75 little pansy plants and all of them wilted away under the snow and the below normal temperatures. I know how they feel, I’ve done lots [...]
by Robin on April 7, 2010
Getting older brings with it a mix of surprises. Some are downright horrid. But the good news…others are sheer delight. One of the most delightful things I’ve noticed in the past 8 years is that, I’m gradually learning I don’t have to be like somebody else. All those wonderful things that I see in other [...]
by Robin on April 6, 2010
I love strawberries! I made a Strawberry Cake for Easter Lunch. It’s a scrumptious but rather heavy dessert. The other day I attempted a lighter strawberry dessert… Strawberry Cobbler. This cobbler has a sweet biscuit like topping and a bubbly strawberry and syrup filling… Strawberry Cobbler 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 11/2 cup water [...]
by Robin on April 5, 2010
I was hanging out at my friend Kim’s blog-home Kim Klassen Cafe the other day and she had this really cool video on painting! (See it HERE) After I watched her I thought I’d try a bit of painting myself…now, I’m NOT an artist. So my efforts pale in comparison. And I pretty sure I [...]
by Robin on April 2, 2010
Three months of 2010 is already over! Wow! Once again looking back through the lens of my camera is therapeutic and fills me with thanksgiving. So much happened over the past four weeks. For one, here in the deep south, we got snow on March 2! Just look at the pink bird feeder covered with [...]
